Little Miss Snape

Author\'s Note: This chapter is co-written by me (tiaoconnell@yahoo.com) and Lunarose66 (lunarose66@yahoo.com)

May sat on top of Snape\'s desk in her little sundress, coloring with
crayons on parchment as he set up his classroom. She colored several
stick people and wrote her name, one of only three words she could
write, in scribbly letters. She looked at the finished drawing, then
hugged it to herself, giggling. Snape was dusting off several potion
bottles and watched her playing with her crayons, barely able to hide
a smile. \"Look!\" May said, holding one out, smiling. Snape looked at
the scribbles and stick figures. \"Its......its.....very unique,\" he
said. \"You!\" She announces. \"This is for me?\" Snape asks. May nods,
beaming brightly. \"Well.....thank you,\" he says, wondering what to do
with it.

Several parchments later, there was a picture for Hermione and
Dumbledore. \"Dis Mione, dis Santya!\" May announces. Her stomach
rumbles and she giggles. \"Food please!\" He nods and looks at his
watch. \"It\'s lunch time anyway, come on,\" he starts to leave the
classroom and she runs to keep up with him. She brings the parchments
with her and runs over to Dumbledore. \"Dis you Santy, k?\" May says,
handing him a red and green scribble with MASHKA written on
it. \"Thank you my dear,\" Dumbledore said. May spotted Hermione and
raced over. \"Dis you!\" She crawls on Hermione\'s lap and hugs
her. \"Aw, thank you sweetums,\" Hermione says, hugging her. \"Mashka,
come eat,\" Snape says. May sighs and goes over to sit beside Snape.

The remaining time before students arrived passed quickly. May
managed to behave herself the whole time, but continued to sleep in
the closet, save for one night. The second day of school came and
Snape had already handed out five detentions for that evening. At
supper, it finally occured to him that he could not put May to bed
and then leave to do his detention. He sighed and began trying to
think of a solution.

Severus knocked on Hermione\'s door, Holding May under one arm.
Hermione opens the door.\" Oh, hello Severus.\" \"Good evening Hermione.
I have several students coming for detention and I was hoping that
Mashka could sleep here for a bit?\" Severus asked. \"Me no tired!\" May
shouted. \"Well, sure.\" She takes the little girl from Snape. \"Hi
Mashka. Do you want to stay here with me for a little while?\" \"Yes,
but no sleep!\" she says stubbornly. \"If she gets out of hand, go
ahead and spank her, she knows better,\" Snape warns Hermione. \"I\'m
sure she\'ll be fine.\" She gives May a little squeeze as she holds
her. \"How `bout you come inside and we\'ll read a story? Does that
sound good sweetums?\" Severus smiles at Hermione and leaves. \"Yes, no
sleep,\" May says stubbornly, her arms crossed over her chest in her
little nightgown. May stomps her foot for extra emphasis.

Hermione leads May into her bedroom and scans her bookshelf for one
of her old storybooks. \"Would you like to read Sleeping Beauty, or
The Saggy Baggy Elephant?\" Hermione asks. \"Beauty!\" she says, jumping
on the bed. \"Now, now Mashka,\" Hermione scolds, trying to suppress a
giggle. \"You don\'t have to go to sleep, but it is quiet time. No more
jumping, alright?\" \"YES JUMP!\" May says, still jumping. \"Me jump
NOW!\" Hermione didn\'t know what to do. She didn\'t want to upset May
by reprimag heg her, but Snape was right, she couldn\'t be allowed to
do whatever she pleased. She looked into the little girl\'s eyes. \"NO,
May. You cannot jump on the bed. Do you remember what your uncle
said? I don\'t want to, but if you don\'t listen to me, I will have to
give you a spanking.

May spit right in her face and kept on jumping.
Hermione looked shocked. She couldn\'t believe that sweet little May
was being such a brat. Suddenly, she didn\'t feel quite so bad about
the idea of spanking her. \"That was NOT NICE, May! You come here,
RIGHT NOW!\" She reached out to grab a hold of May. May\'s eyes went
wide. Hermione had never raised her voice to her before. She slowly
got off the bed and shuffled over to where Hermione stood. \"Me sorry
me bad mione,\" she says, looking down at her slippered feet. \"Me
sorry, me spank now?\' she asks. Hermione felt a knot forming in her
stomach. She saw the remorse on May\'s face and wasn\'t sure she could
go through with her punishment. She really deserved it though; for
spitting at a grown up. Hermione reached out and took May\'s little
hands in her own. She looked into her bright blue eyes. \"You know I
love you, right Mashka?\" May nods and gives her a smile. \"Me know.
Love you.\" She hugs Hermione. \"Me learn spank mean love, mean me good
again, ok?\" she says, sensing Hermione\'s apprehensiveness. \"Then you
know I\'m going to have to spank you for spitting at me and not
listening to me, right?\" May nods, still hugging Hermione. \"It hurt
my bottom, but you love me, me know.\"

Tears sprang to Hermione\'s eyes. She had to get this over with. She
pulled the little girl to her side and gently guided her over her
lap. May wriggles a little until she is comfy over Hermione\'s lap.
She sniffles a little. Hermione lifted May\'s nightgown and pulled her
little underpants down. She gathered all the courage she could muster
and brought her hand down on May\'s right bottom cheek. Then another
smack landed on her other cheek. Hermione could already feel the
sting in her own hand and felt awful for having to do this. May
started to cry, wiggling her legs at the sting. Hermione forced
herself to go on and planted three more swats on each side of May\'s
little bottom. Then she stopped and let May catch her breath for a
second before carefully pulling her panties back in place. She turned
her over and cradled her in her arms.

May was crying softly as Hermione held her, a hand went back to rub
her bottom. \"Me sorry mione.\" She said sincerely, cuddling against
her. \" It\'s alright Mashka,\" Hermione crooned, \"I know you feel bad
about what you did. It\'s all over now.\" May buried her head in
Hermione\'s shoulder, then peeked up a bit. \"You tell me? Uncle be
mad, more spank.\" She said softly, a few silent tears running down
her face. \"No sweetheart, your punishment is ove won won\'t let him
spank you again.\" She didn\'t think May should be spanked again, and
she would fight Severus if he tried to. Of course, Hermione was a
little bit scared of him herself. What would she do if he didn\'t
agree with her? Should she just not tell him? She couldn\'t very well
lie to him if he asked about May\'s behavior. That wouldn\'t be setting
a very good example for May.

May snuggled against Hermione. \"Love you,\" she aid with a yawn. May
started mumbling a little in Russian, her eyes beginning to close.
Hermione hummed a lullaby as she rocked May in her arms. She looked
so peaceful as she held her. Hermione silently hoped that Severus
would let her play a big role in May\'s life. `Of course he will,\" she
thought to herself, `he can\'t possibly raise a child all by himself.
Someone will have to help him take care of May so he can work.\' \"Me
ask question, yes?\" May whispered, her eyes still closed. \"What
sweetie?\" \"You mama, k?\" \"I\'ll always take care of you like a mama,
ok?\" \"Me call you mama?\" May asked. Hermione didn\'t know what to say.
Would Snape be ok with May calling her mama? She didn\'t know. She
tried to change the subject. \"Go to sleep, Mashka.\" May could feel
her pause and looked up, her blue eyes filling with tears again. \"You
no want be mama?\" Hermione hugged her closer. \"Of course I do, honey.
You can call me mama if you like.\" She hoped Severus wouldn\'t
mind. \"I love you Mashka.\" She whispered and began humming again.
Mashka mumbled something in Russian, her eyes closing again as she
snuggled up against Hermione. Within a moment she was fast asleep.